Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani (born 10 June 1980) is a

Paralympic athlete The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about ...

from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

who competes in T20 classification middle-distance running events. Nasiri Bazanjani represented Iran at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London, where he won Gold in the 1500 m race. He is also a two-time winner of the 1,500 m race at the IPC World Championships, in Christchurch in 2011 and in Lyon in 2013.

References

* Paralympic athletes of Iran Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Iran Paralympic bronze medalists for Iran Living people 1980 births Iranian male middle-distance runners Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Iranian people Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games {{Iran-athletics-bio-stub